A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery (火红的) ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.
The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “It’s getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”
She wondered how her parents would react when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.
It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, but now... It all seemed deserted. She couldn’t understand what was going on.
She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: “Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but — where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents’ room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn’t slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different... she wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas (睡衣).
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared.”
【小题1】The writer describes the beautiful sunset to show Jennifer’s ______.

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Featured phonesA. Nokia-6010Price: ＄24.99        Color display: Yes         Wireless Internet ready: Yes     
Digital camera: No  2-way text messaging: Yes     Talk time: Up to 330 minutes
Standby time: Up to 240 hours       Weight: 5.08 ounces        
Dimensions: 4.68”×1.97”×0.90”
Games: Backgammon, Bowling, Air glide, and Sky diver plus downloadable Java games
B. Motorola-C650 (Camera phone)
Price: ＄99.99     Color display: Yes          Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: Yes  2-way text messaging: Yes  Talk time: Up to 210 minutes
Standby time: Up to 215 hours   Weight: 3.10 ounces
Games:Downloadable games
C. Samsung-V1660 on Sprint PCSPrice: Free         Color display: Yes          Wireless Internet ready: Yes
2-way text messaging: Yes   Talk time: Up to 204 minutes   
Standby time: Up to 168 hours
Weight: 3.54 ounces             Memory locations: 200 entry phonebook
D. Motorola-SLVR-L7Price: ＄206.4      Color display: Yes          Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: Yes 2-way text messaging: Yes   Talk time: Up to 450 minutes
Standby time: Up to 345 hours       Weight: 3.39 ounces        
Dimensions: 4.45”×1.93”×0.45”
Games: Enjoy pre-loaded J2ME games or downloadable games
E. Nokia-8010Price: ＄124.99     Color display: Yes          Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: No  2-way text messaging: Yes   Talk time: Up to 330 minutes
Standby time: Up to 240 hours       Weight: 4.08 ounces        
Dimensions: 3.68”×1.27”×0.70”              Games: Downloadable games
F. Kyocera-SE47 slider滑块 on venison wirelessPrice: ＄149.99     Color display: Yes      Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: No  2-way text messaging: Yes  Talk time: Up to 210 minutes
Standby time: Up to 100 hours       Weight: 3.39 ounces           
Memory locations: 200 entry phonebook
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【小题1】Susan is at a middle school. Her parents want to buy her a cheaper cellphone without games installed.
【小题2】Mike intends to buy a phone with longer talk time and standby time and it must not be expensive.
【小题3】Jane is at college. She would like to buy a phone which can slide(滑开) the face up to make a call, and slide it down when you’re done and it has to be light.
【小题4】George would like to have a cheaper phone with digital camera.
【小题5】Tom only buys Nokia. He lost one and he wants to buy another which is smaller.

The other day at the supermarket, I saw a naughty child of about six crying loudly, falling to the floor and refusing to move. All the while the troubled mother was trying to persuade him to behave well but failed. A little smack(掌击) on his bottom would have done the job, I thought.
Teenagers also cause discipline(纪律)problems. As a teacher I had a 16-year-old student who had fallen in love with a waiter at a fast-food restaurant. In fact, she had left home to stay with him. So we decided to put her in the school hostel. She refused. When she heard her mother begging her to stay in the hostel she turned round and said: “Why don’t you stay in the hostel if you like it so much?”
My palms were itching to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued to cajole her, hoping that gentle persuasion would work wonders. It did not. I last heard that she had run away from home again.
The list goes on and on. Could it be that today’s parents are softer and believe that they must not rod (棍棒惩罚)their children for fear of the bad result? Or do they actually believe that the children will get rid of the bad habits and behave well naturally as they grow older? I beg to disagree. I believe it is the parents’ duty to discipline the children even at a young age.
My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when I thought it necessary. Later when they went abroad, they related to their British university friends on how they were disciplined. Their friends abroad were filled with horror and told my daughter that I could be charged for child abuse(虐待). However, my daughter showed great respect for me when she told them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strict discipline.
48. According to the passage, the author would probably_______.
A. beat the children every day      B. punish the children when necessary
C. 1eave the children as they are         D. treat the children in a softer way
49. The underlined word “cajole”(in Paragraph 3) probably means________.
A. persuade       B. scold          C. forgive         D. punish
50. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The naughty boy’s mother hit him on the bottom at last．
B. The teenager’s mother lived together with her daughter in the school then．
C. The author was charged for child abuse by her daughter’s friends abroad．
D. The author’s daughter was very thankful for her parent’s strict discipline．
51. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Respect Parents    B. Spoil Kids    C. Value Discipline  D. Protect Kids

In 2003, Bethany Hamilton,13, lost her left arm to a shark attack while surfing off Kauai, Hawaii. A new film ,Soul Surfer, is based on the story of how she overcame that to achieve her dream of becoming a professional athlete.
Growing up on the “garden isle” of Kauai, Hamilton spent every minute she could riding the waves. She was on the verge of (即将) becoming a top competitor in professional surfing. But while she was practicing at an isolated cove (小湾)，a four-meter-long tiger shark ripped off her left arm. Though her life was saved, nobody could imagine she would ever get back on a surfboard again.
In a true test of her faith and by tremendous will power, Bethany did get back up on a surfboard only a month after the attack. Six months later, she was competing again. Bethany Hamilton won her first amateur surfing championship just two years after she lost her arm. She also established the “Friends of Bethany,” a non---profit foundation dedicated to supporting sharks attack victims.
It’s a story told in her autobiography, which is the basis for the film that stars teenager Anna Sophia Robb. “I knew Bethany’s story, of course, but I thought ‘What an incredible role’ ,”explains Robb. “I was so fascinated by all of the challenges. What would it be like to have your arm taken and what would go through your head and how would your faith be challenged?”
The filmmakers used special effects to digitally remove Robb’ s arm .However ,no tricks were necessary for the surfing scenes because Hamilton herself did the breathtaking wave riding.
Now 21, Hamilton says she hopes audiences find inspiration in the description of the sport she loves.
“Not a lot of people know that much about surfing, so I hope they’re educated about it,” Hamilton says. “And most of all if people are going through a hard time, they could be encouraged and find inspiration to push through those hard times and see that, in my case ,so much good has come out of it.”
【小题1】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?.

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day，feeling very sad and lonely， she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the Butterfly. Instead of flying away， the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed(擦) her eyes in disbelief.“For your wonderful kindness，” the good fairy said to the girl，“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied,“I want to be happy.”The fairy  whispered（耳语） in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up， there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer，“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed ,the neighbors gathered around her，they said to her “Tell us， please，” they begged，“Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said,“She told me that everyone， no matter how secure they seemed， no matter how old or young，how rich or poor, had need of me.”
【小题1】______ the girl felt sad and lonely.